Patents Examined by Christine H Matthews
  • Patent number: 11590052
    Abstract: A system and method for automated generation of control signals for sexual stimulation devices from usage history and other data. The system and method involve analyzing historical usage and other data for a user for a device or devices, processing the data through machine learning algorithms, and generating new or recombined patterns of stimulation based on the outputs from the machine learning algorithms. The resulting automated control signals represent partially or fully customized stimulation for a given user which evolve over time as the user continues to use the device or devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Brian Sloan
  • Patent number: 11583701
    Abstract: A neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron beam generating unit, an irradiation room configured to irradiate an irradiated body with a neutron beam, a preparation room configured to implement preparation work required to irradiate the irradiated body with the neutron beam, and an auxiliary positioner disposed in the irradiation room and/or the preparation room. The irradiation room includes a first shielding wall, a collimator is disposed on the first shielding wall for emitting the neutron beam, and the neutron beam is emitted from the collimator and defines a neutron beam axis. The auxiliary positioner includes a laser emitter that emits a laser beam to position the irradiated body, wherein the position of the laser emitter is selectable. Therefore, the irradiated body can be positioned in any case to implement precise irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan-hao Liu
  • Patent number: 11577090
    Abstract: A method for machine learning based artifact rejection is provided. The method may include applying a machine learning model to identify artefactual independent components in transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data collected during a transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure. Clean transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data is generated by removing, from the transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data, the artefactual independent components. Real-time adjustments to parameters of the transcranial magnetic stimulation procedure may be performed based on the clean transcranial magnetic stimulation electroencephalogram data. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Amit Etkin, Corey Keller, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 11577047
    Abstract: An essential oil diffusion mechanism, including: a housing having an accommodation chamber; and a separator that divides the accommodation chamber into an upper chamber and a lower chamber and includes a horizontal partition plate and vertical partition plates. The horizontal partition plate defines at least one interconnecting hole. An upper surface of each vertical partition plate is spaced apart from a chamber wall of the upper chamber to form an upper interconnecting aperture. Each vertical partition plate defines an interconnecting reflux hole. A lower surface of each baffling plate is spaced apart from the horizontal partition plate to form a lower interconnecting aperture. The interconnecting hole, the upper interconnecting aperture, the lower interconnecting aperture, and the air outlet are sequentially arranged in communication to form an air outlet channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: PUZHEN LIFE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Andy Lee
  • Patent number: 11582568
    Abstract: A prosthesis including an abutment, an operationally removable component including a coupling apparatus, and an adapter, wherein the abutment is connected to the adapter and the coupling apparatus of the operationally removable component is releasably coupled to the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Marcus Andersson
  • Patent number: 11571542
    Abstract: A fragrance suitable for a user can be provided. A mobile terminal includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a psychosomatic state from a physiological index of a user; an input unit that inputs future information of the user; a determination unit that determines a recipe including one or more types and a mixing ratio of one or more perfumes based on the psychosomatic state and the future information; and a communication unit that transmits the recipe to a fragrance generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Shiseido Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Matsumoto, Yuka Nago, Masaki Hanahara
  • Patent number: 11571358
    Abstract: Described herein are interactive devices that mimic a portion of a human male and a female genitalia. The male device includes a unique bead drive assembly for providing an extending and retracting motion. Also included on the male device is a massager sub-assembly able to inflate and deflate while being able to slide along a shaft of the male device. The female device includes a clamshell constrictor having an inflation mechanism that is able to provide a squeezing motion as well as being able to slide back and forth within the body of the female device. Also disclosed herein are methods of communication and interaction between a pair of interactive devices or multiple interactive devices. Finally, methods of managing interactive sessions between multiple interactive devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sparq Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Shahoian, John McCoy, Lawrence E. Miller, David P. Bim-Merle, Francois W. Brahic, Kuan Li, David J. Gutierrez, Michael K. Wong, Darrel Q. Pham
  • Patent number: 11571541
    Abstract: A method facilitates altering consciousness by transcranial stimulation to adjust the membrane potential duration of sensory cortex dendritic spine necks. Sensory cortex spine neck membranes are conscious. The method comprises the steps of placing electrodes on or near a scalp; applying electric fields to spine neck membranes in sensory cortex; adjusting stimulation parameters; and altering consciousness for a predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: David Richardson Hubbard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11559698
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a system for inducing an electric field in a conducting medium, especially for medical applications. The system according to the invention induces a flow of electric current through objects located in the conducting medium, which may have shapes that are complex or change with time, and has a medical application consisting in a complete or partial nerve impulse block. The system for inducing an electric field in the conducting medium comprises at least two component cores, whose magnetization is configured to be changed independently by a change of electric currents flowing through windings that are wound around them, and a torus-shaped encasement whose outer surface is electrically non-conductive, wherein the component cores are situated inside the encasement and encircle its opening, and the encasement is situated inside the conducting medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Krzysztof Mellem
  • Patent number: 11559452
    Abstract: A pressure injuries therapeutic support surface is illustrated. The surface comprises an integrated system designed for a concurrent physical and psychoneuroimmunological approach over a user, wherein the system comprises one or a plurality of independent fluid-filled main chambers, made of waterproof, flexible, extendable, and elastic material and at least two accessory chambers connected to each main chamber with at least with two free-flow conduits. The system is managed through a powered mechatronic array with its own hardware and software based on microcontrollers for the simultaneous operation of specific multidisciplinary devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Rafael DaƱino
  • Patent number: 11554255
    Abstract: Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include an elongate shaft having a proximal end region and a distal end region. A first lumen may be defined in the shaft. A second lumen may be defined in the shaft. The distal end region may include a common lumen region in fluid communication with the first lumen and the second lumen. A deflectable member may be disposed within the shaft. The deflectable member may be designed to shift between a first configuration where the deflectable member directs a first medical device disposed within the common lumen region into the first lumen and a second configuration where the deflectable member allows a second medical device to move between the common lumen region and the second lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Anderson, Jose A. Meregotte, Eric Michael Petersen, David John Onushko, Lloyd Radman, Joseph Edward Adriaens
  • Patent number: 11557390
    Abstract: Techniques for generating radiotherapy treatment plans and establishing machine learning models for the generation and optimization of radiotherapy dose data are disclosed. An example method for generating a radiotherapy dose distribution using a generative model, trained in a generative adversarial network, includes: receiving anatomical data of a human subject that indicates a mapping of an anatomical area for radiotherapy treatment; generating radiotherapy dose data corresponding to the mapping with use of the trained generative model, as the generative model processes the anatomical data as an input and provides the dose data as output; and identifying the radiotherapy dose distribution for the radiotherapy treatment of the human subject based on the dose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Elekta, Inc.
    Inventor: Lyndon Stanley Hibbard
  • Patent number: 11547866
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for rejuvenating a region of skin or mucosal tissue, comprising: a pulsed electromagnetic frequency generator; a plurality of electrodes in communication with the pulsed electromagnetic frequency generator and an RF tissue diathermy device. The electrodes apply the pulsed electromagnetic power and the RF tissue diathermy to the tissue, heating it such that one portion of the region of mucosal tissue is maintained at a predetermined temperature range T1 while another portion of the region of mucosal tissue is at least temporarily maintained at predetermined temperature range T2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Venus Concept Ltd.
    Inventors: Oded Ron Edoute, Orit Ron Edoute, Itzhak Kremin, Vadim Polyakov, Boris Vaynberg
  • Patent number: 11547848
    Abstract: Described herein are high-power pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) applicator apparatuses. These apparatuses are configured to drive multiple applicators to concurrently deliver high-power PEMF signals to tissue. The apparatuses may be further configured to wirelessly communicate with local computing device and a remote server for patient monitoring, prescription and/or device servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Regenesis Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventor: John Y. Babico
  • Patent number: 11541247
    Abstract: A magnetic stimulation probe is provided to produce a probe electromagnetic field within a patient. The magnetic stimulation probe has a first generally planar magnetic field generating coil having a first coil trace having a decreasing radial spiral which passes about a first central portion, the first coil trace having a first electric current traveling in a first direction and having a first plurality of separated portions each having a first respective set of different radii from the first central portion along a bisecting line. The first planar coil has a second coil trace having a second electric current traveling in a second direction which is parallel to the first direction, and having a second plurality of separated portions each having a second respective set of different radii from the first central portion along the bisecting line along the bisecting line. Two such coils can be arranged to produce a high intensity focused magnetic field at a distance from the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: George D. Hathaway
  • Patent number: 11540735
    Abstract: A device, method and system for calculating, estimating, or monitoring the blood pressure of a subject. A first signal representing heart activity of a subject may be received. A plurality of second signals representing time-varying information on at least one pulse wave of the subject may be received from a plurality of body locations of the subject. A first feature of the first signal may be identified. For each of the plurality of second signals, a second feature may be identified. A pulse transit time based on a difference of the first feature and at least one of the second features may be computed. A blood pressure of the subject may be calculated according to a model based on the computed pulse transit time. The model may include a compensation term relating to the plurality of second signals or the second features thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Vita-Course Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanmin Wei, Ting Ma, Jiao Yu, Zhiyong Wang, Jiwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11529529
    Abstract: A magnetic-vibration and magnetoelectric therapy device, comprising an upper computer and a lower computer; the upper computer is used to send control instructions to the lower computer, and the lower computer is used to output stimulation signals acting on a human body based on the control instructions. The lower computer comprises a control unit, a magnetic vibration unit, a magnetoelectric unit and an electrical stimulation unit; the control unit is connected with the magnetic vibration unit, the magnetoelectric unit and the electrical stimulation unit respectively, the magnetic vibration unit is used to generate a vibrating magnetic field acting on a human body, the magnetoelectric unit is used to generate a vibrating rotating magnetic field acting on a human body, and the electrical stimulation unit is used to generate electrical stimulation signals acting on a human body. The device can be used to treat chronic prostatitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Zhengzhou Renhui Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shichang Guan, Xiangqin Song
  • Patent number: 11529222
    Abstract: A device for artificially inseminating a mammal with sperm from a male breeding animal is disclosed, the sperm being introduced through the vagina of the animal into or onto the uterus of the animal which is to be inseminated. The device comprises a tube which can be moved on the uterus through the vagina of the animal which is to be inseminated, and a heatable chamber for accommodating a thin tube containing the sperm, and a drive for removing the sperm from the thin tube and the uterus-sided opening of the tube. The device comprises a mechanism enabling the thin tube to be moved out from the chamber into the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SMARTBOW GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Auer
  • Patent number: 11529234
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a protective device for use in congestive heart failure treatments, and other treatments, includes a control mechanism, an elongate shaft, and a protective plate. The control mechanism is coupled with a proximal end of the elongate shaft and the protective plate is pivotably coupled with a distal end of the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft enables the protective plate to be inserted within a body and navigated distally of a heart wall. The protective plate has a relatively wide and thin body portion and is pivotable relative to the elongate shaft by operation of the control mechanism. Pivoting and/or navigating of the protective plate within the body allows the protective plate to be positioned adjacent the heart wall to shield body organs or tissue surrounding the heart wall from being damaged by surgical instruments inserted through the heart wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: BIOVENTRIX, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Van Bladel, Aaron Weiss, Lon Annest, Gilbert Mata, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11524170
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein relates to a transcutaneous irradiation device having a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion may include one or more transcutaneous irradiation modules configured to be arranged on a head of a user, the top transcutaneous irradiation modules including a top pulsed laser source. The bottom portion may include one or more transcutaneous irradiation modules configured to be arranged on an abdomen of the user, the top transcutaneous irradiation modules including a bottom pulsed laser source. A modulation frequency may be applied to the top and bottom irradiation modules such that the top and bottom pulse laser sources are subjected to a double pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Guillaume Blivet, Guillaume Moreau